Written by: Göran Ahlforn and Erik Örnulf

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Ericsson is leading the way to a horizontally layered network that consists of a content and user applications layer, a communications control layer, and a connectivity layer. This network sets the stage for new service applications and for the introduction of a common transport technology. Ericsson’s way of developing systems and applications is thus undergoing a transformation: the company strategy involves a family of carrier-class technologies—AXE, TSP and CPP—on which to base telephony, server and access applications.

The authors describe the technologies and point out some applications and products based on them. They also emphasize a key feature of the strategy—the use of common system components and the same building practice for AXE, TSP and CPP.

[First published in Ericsson Review no. 04, 2001]